Cam Newton disappointed me

[TheWiz]

I dont think most people understand what its like to be someone relatively known. My Pastor was a pretty well known person in the city and the state. Every time we were in a restaurant... you can count on someone coming up to us wanting to speak. He was never rude or dismissive... but after awhile, it really can get old. It makes it hard to enjoy your time with family and friends. We had to be constantly aware of our surroundings and what we were doing, knowing that people were possibly there who knew us that we didnt know.

This is a microcosm of what someone like Cam Newton goes through on a daily basis. Dave Chappel once said... "You can never be unfamous." I think the fact that Cam had on a hoodie kind of explains that he didnt want to be bothered. Cam Newton has now reached the Michael Jordan/ Lebron James level of face recognition fame. Most football players don't enjoy the kind of fame that basketball players do because the sport is played covered their face, but Cam has transcended that. 

It's sad that your girls had this experience. There are stories out meeting Cam and he was very warm to people. Try not to let it rub you the wrong way. You just might be running into the most popular athlete in the sport, whose preparing for the biggest game of his life. 

[PanthersBigD]

Cam didn't disappoint your kids, you set them up for that yourself. 

[Fox007]

All these super parents talking about teaching moments are probably those who get slapped in the face at the store by their own kids and then the kids throw poo into the cart like "we're getting this" and the parent says "yes dear" to them....

That's what I've gathered thus far...continue...

[Bartin]

What did Cam get at LaVic? They don't serve any fish.

[Mayor Qumiby]

 Here's my take,  I'm sure it might have been already mentioned but I didn't wanna go through 14 pages. 

The OP mentioned he walked in and saw Cam. Now I assume that you might not have been the 1st person in the restaurant to ask him for a picture. Imagine if he already had told a few people no and then proceeded to take a pic and sign an autograph for yall.  That would make him look like an ass. 

Or maybe he wanted to keep a low profile,  which is pretty hard given his stature, but still. Now if you were the 1st people to ask him for a pic and an autograph there coulda been a stampede of people rushing to do the same thing and he might have spent over an hour there. 

So yea it sucks and sorry you and your girls were disappointed but maybe in denying yall and autograph or pics he was able to avoid a snowball effect of rushing fans. 

[csx]

7 minutes ago, Bartin said:

What did Cam get at LaVic? They don't serve any fish.

veggie version of whatever they serve probably

[caatfan]

You can't give to your public all the time. If you try they'll just take their little piece and pretty soon there won't be any pieces left. 

The singer Sia has taken to hiding her face when performing so she can go out in public without getting swamped by the public. Being famous is a double edged sword.

[pantherclaw]

I know how I am when I'm interrupted when out to eat. It's disrespectful, but obviously some don't  care.

[Captain Obvious]

I wish someone would hire me to be that fug off no pic dude.

[Bartin]

Things like this remind me of why I would be an awful celebrity. I'd be telling people to go fug themselves regularly. I'm not even sure I'd be capable of putting on a fake persona when the cameras were on, much less when they were off.

[PhillyB]

i deal with this all the time btw and it's very annoying. people come up to me at the chick-fil-a and they're all "oh man you're that guy, from the internet!" and i have to get my handlers to be like no pics bro he just wants to eat his chargrilled chicken sandwich in peace"

it's a tough life ya know?

[Ivan The Awesome]

1 minute ago, PhillyB said:

i deal with this all the time btw and it's very annoying. people come up to me at the chick-fil-a and they're all "oh man you're phillyb from that message board on the internet!" and i have to get my handlers to be like no pics bro he just wants to eat his chargrilled chicken sandwich in peace"

it's a tough life ya know?

I ain't traveling from Mexico for you to not take a picture with me mofo...I'll drug you and take you to the bathroom stall and take a selfie with your half unconscious body damn it!

[LoveEB]

OP i feel your disappointment, and no offense to you at all but like some of the others said i would have explained to my daughters that he is not obligated to speak or take the time out of his life, bc we are all human and we don't really know what one another is going through that day. Once a few weeks ago, we saw Cam and he was occupied with his phone. The worst feeling is when you want to meet those people but they turn you down, so we just sat there and watched him...that was rewarding enough for me. Later some screaming at him and of course he went in the building. Just sometimes there is a right and wrong moment, and i think for that, it wasn't the best moment. Im sorry your kids cried though :(

[arbnranger]

11 hours ago, Jangler said:

Hayden will never see me coming.

I bet you have plenty of disguises. Haha